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Vulgar

R Released Apr 26, 2002 1h 31m Drama LGBTQ+ List
23% Tomatometer 26 Reviews 41% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings
The misadventures of Will (Brian O'Halloran), a struggling professional clown, determined to make a living performing at kids' parties. Downtrodden in every respect, and picked on by everyone from the neighborhood juvenile delinquents to his own mother, Will reinvents himself as Vulgar, the transvestite clown, improving his fortunes with his shock performances at bachelor parties. Read More Read Less
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Vulgar more than lives up to its title.

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Edward Guthmann San Francisco Chronicle An ugly, revolting movie. Rated: 0/4 May 3, 2002 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Imagine Kevin Smith, the blasphemous bad boy of suburban Jersey, if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor. The result might look like Vulgar. Rated: F May 3, 2002 Full Review Mark Holcomb Village Voice An unclassifiably awful study in self- and audience-abuse. Apr 30, 2002 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an amateurish, unpleasant, and primarily worthless effort... Rated: 1/4 Jan 31, 2008 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 17, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Fairly inept stuff. Rated: 2/5 Apr 2, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This is a seriously twisted movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/25/21 Full Review Audience Member Good art evokes emotion. This does that. The negative reviews by virtually everyone have more to do with the fact that people don't like the way this movie makes them feel. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review y y gotta see it its funny and the clown is pretty cool dude go watch not the greatest movie out there but shouldn't be rated as low as it is. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/20 Full Review Audience Member It's a f***ed up movie but i love it! I'ts Dark humor at it's darkest. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't know how this film has such a low rating, then again looking at the films that get good ratings on here I guess it makes sense. Bryan Johnson did a fantastic job with this film. It's still one of my favorite View Askew films to date (Sorry Kevin).I don't like spoilers in reviews so I'll just say if you like gritty well written Indy flix this should definitely be on your list and you should come back and write a review because F*** this current audience score. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Disturbing and bizzar. This is what an indi movie should be. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The misadventures of Will (Brian O'Halloran), a struggling professional clown, determined to make a living performing at kids' parties. Downtrodden in every respect, and picked on by everyone from the neighborhood juvenile delinquents to his own mother, Will reinvents himself as Vulgar, the transvestite clown, improving his fortunes with his shock performances at bachelor parties.
Director
Bryan Johnson
Producer
Monica Hampton
Screenwriter
Bryan Johnson
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
View Askew Productions, Shongo Filmworks Ltd, Chango Productions
Rating
R (Disturbing Sexual Violence|Strong Language|Some Shootings)
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 26, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.9K
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital
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